terra nullius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin terra nūllīus (“nobody's land”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹə nʌˈlaɪ.əs/ === Noun === terra nullius (countable and uncountable, plural terrae nullius) (international law) Empty land; land not legally belonging to anyone; no man's land. 1993, Patrick Dodson, ‘Welcome Speech to Conference on the Position of Indigenous People in National Constitutions’, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 146: When Aboriginal people showed up which they inevitably did they had to be subjected, incarcerated or eradicated: to keep the myth of terra nullius alive. ==== Coordinate terms ==== res nullius === Further reading === terra nullius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.ra nuːlˈliː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛr.ra nulˈliː.us] === Noun === terra nūllīus f (genitive terrae nūllīus); first declension (New Latin, international law) Empty land; land not legally belonging to anyone; no man's land. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.